. Arid agriculture; a hand-book for the western farmer and stockman. Dry farming; Irrigation. AKID AGEICULT0KE. 199 at once they are sorted and sacked in two bushel sacks. If they are to be held for a short time and a root cellar has not been prepared, they may be pitted in the field. Do not dig deep pits, but smooth off the ground, put the potatoes in as steep a pile as possible, cover first with straw or vines and then with enough soil to pre- vent injury by frost. Leave a small space at top of pile not covered with the soil for the escape of. Plate XXXVII. A Good Potato Crop. the heat and m
. Arid agriculture; a hand-book for the western farmer and stockman. Dry farming; Irrigation. AKID AGEICULT0KE. 199 at once they are sorted and sacked in two bushel sacks. If they are to be held for a short time and a root cellar has not been prepared, they may be pitted in the field. Do not dig deep pits, but smooth off the ground, put the potatoes in as steep a pile as possible, cover first with straw or vines and then with enough soil to pre- vent injury by frost. Leave a small space at top of pile not covered with the soil for the escape of. Plate XXXVII. A Good Potato Crop. the heat and moisture given off by piled potatoes. Potatoes stored in this way will keep until the weather gets quite cold. Where root cellars are used, the potatoes are usually piled in loose, and kept as cool as may be without danger of freez- MABKET DEMAirSS Often our potatoes grow to very large size, single tubers weighing five and six pounds not being uncommon. These very large potatoes are not desired in the market. The best sale is. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffum, Burt C. , 1868-. [Worland, Wy. ] The Author
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